Return Humanity to Darfur

We can spend billions on a phony war for oil; we can pay CEO’s of failing companies millions to effectively fail at their job. But we can’t spend a dime on the real victims in the world? For shame, humanity…
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Backtype – The New BFF of Casual and Pro Bloggers

Knowing that Backtype is monitoring the blogosphere might just encourage a more thoughtful and considered approach to leaving an opinion. For that alone, Backtype could be the blogger’s new BFF.
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What Makes a Successful Blogger?

For anyone wondering if it’s Google ranking, RSS feeds or others, this is a good overall view of successful blogging.
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Twitter, the US Election and Miss Teen USA

So Miss Teen USA is an important US Election topic? The world has truly gone mad…
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Are Micro Sites the Next Wave of Business Promotion?

While the growth of social media goes on unabated, and the business promotion use of it continues to grow, there is still understandable confusion as to which ones are best for your business. Instead of making the wrong choice, this is where micro sites will give adopters full power over their business’s brand.
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Marketing Safari: The Economist Copied Our Idea

Excellent blog post offering a visual vote on the next US President. The results are fairly obvious, but it’s enlightening to see where the votes are coming from.
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Ultimate Social Media Application – TwiggerUpon Spacebook

In a surprising announcement via an online press conference, five of the leading social media sites have confirmed they will be collaborating on a new social media “super-app”. The new project has a working name of TwiggerUpon Spacebook (TWUPS), in reference to the social media sites taking part – Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon, MySpace and Facebook. [...]

Is eBay Breaking Anti-Trust Laws? « Press Release PR

eBay want users to use electronic payment methods, like Paypal (who they own). This has left them open to accusations of trying to monopolize online auctions. What’s the alternative?
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Mininova Figures Mock RIAA and MPAA Piracy Clampdown

6 billion downloads in 4 years. 10 million in one day. Wake up TV and movie studios / major record labels – file sharing is here to stay.
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Is Knol the New Cuil? « The Lounge

Bad news for Google and their new information portal Knol. Far from being the next step in the takeover of the digital world for the search engine giant, Knol could be going the way of flop search engine Cuil as a lesson in how not to launch a product.
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